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AI breakthrough could replace rare earth magnets in electric vehicles
Date: February 19, 2026 Source: Summary: Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unleashed artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up the hunt for next-generation magnetic materials. By building a massive, searchable database of…
Used electric cars are safer to buy than second-hand petrol or diesel models
Electric vehicles have been revealed as the safest used car buys, with far fewer faults found by a leading car inspection firm. Analysis on 240,000 pre-purchase vehicle inspections from ClickMechanic shows that a “poor” rating was…
A look at electric vehicle charging options for home and on the road
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 6:42PM The future of electric vehicles (EVs) that engineers, research and development, and other visionaries thought of years ago is finally here. In fact, it's been here for quite some time. However, the advancements…
Speed bump ahead: rising battery costs nudge Chinese drivers towards hybrids
Rising battery costs and a cooling car market are likely to tilt China's electric-vehicle race in favour of hybrids this year, as budget-conscious consumers turn away from fully electric models, analysts say. Material cost inflation is expected to…
Stock Slide and Slow Sales: What's Happening in China's E.V. Market?
By almost every metric, the Chinese carmaker BYD looks unstoppable. After a decade of struggling to establish itself in the automobile industry, BYD has surpassed Tesla to become the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer. The company's…
Promising Electric Vehicle Stocks To Follow Now - February 18th
Tesla's Rally Setup Is Here—But Valuation Makes It Fragile Tesla, Rivian Automotive, QuantumScape, NIO, and BorgWarner are the five Electric Vehicle stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Electric vehicle (EV)…
Has Trump ceded EV market to China with latest string of policy shifts?
US President Donald Trump's administration announced on Wednesday that it would rescind a rule rewarding electric vehicle production – eliminating the so-called “fuel content factor” – the latest in a series of actions…
Ethiopia's Fossil Fuel Car Ban Is a Vision of the Future
In 2024, Ethiopia did something revolutionary. It banned the import of fossil fuel cars and cut tariffs on electric vehicles. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi talks with producer Oscar Boyd and Ethiopia-based EV entrepreneur Yuma Sasaki about the EV…
'Made in Europe' EU industrial strategy could hit supply chains, UK minister warns
A British minister has warned that the EU's “Made in Europe” industrial strategy could hit supply chains, drive up costs and create unnecessary trade barriers between the UK and some members of the bloc. Nick Thomas-Symonds, the UK…
Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing 'autopilot' from marketing
State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California, its biggest market, after the US…
New £210 charge for EV and hybrid drivers doing 7,000 miles a year
A fresh EV tax will target motorists with particular vehicles as with drivers will face charges calculated on their annual mileage. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the pay-per-mile fee. Drivers of specified models will face a £210 bill…
Uber will spend $100 million to build robotaxi charging stations
Uber Technologies Inc is planning to spend more than US$100mil (RM391mil) to build fast-charging, autonomous-vehicle charging stations in the US, the latest move to establish itself as a critical player in the robotaxi industry. The company said in…
Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds
Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) use much more fuel on the road than officially stated by their manufacturers, a large-scale analysis of about a million vehicles of this type has shown. The Fraunhofer Institute carried out what is thought to be…
Nissan Americas head embraces threat from Chinese car brands
Nissan Motor welcomes Chinese automakers' push into Latin America and other countries, according to the company's top executive in the region, who says the competition will only make the industry stronger and benefit the car-buying public.
Auto exports up over 20% in January on robust demand for eco-friendly cars: data
Korea's auto exports rose 21.7 percent from a year earlier in January, driven by robust shipments of eco-friendly models and a larger number of working days, government data showed Thursday. The combined value of automobile exports came to $6.07…
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